diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 9dd4d5b3..3384b3a7 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 
 # Explicitly declare text files we want to always be normalized and converted 
 # to native line endings on checkout.
-*.patch text
 *.java text
 
+# Explicitly declare text files we want to always be CR line endings on checkout.
+*.patch text eol=cr
+
 # Declare files that will always have CRLF line endings on checkout.
 *.sln text eol=crlf
 *.bat text eol=crlf